Thomas Fowler Owen Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: OWEN Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 942 THOMAS FOWLER OWEN, a well known and respected citizen of Seabrook, N. H., was born in this town, October 1, 1878, a son of Reese and Joanna (Eaton) Owen. The father, Reese Owen, was born in Newport, Wales, in August, 1840, a son of John Owen. He settled in Newburyport, Mass., in 1850, coming to Seabrook in the same year. Here he engaged in mercantile business, which he followed all his life, being one of Seabrook's representative business men. Of a liberal disposition, he was very popular among his fellow citizens. For a num- ber of years he was a member of the school board. His wife, Joanna, was a daughter of Lowell and Paulina (Hunt) Eaton. Their children were Thomas Fowler, born in 1878; Walter L., born in 1888, and Sally Anna, born in 1897. The father died in 1901. Thomas Fowler Owen was educated in the public schools at Putnam high school and at Bliss Business College. He then taught grammar schlool in Seabrook for a number of years, after which he became book- keeper for a shoe company. After teaching school again for one year until 1905, he accepted the position of rural letter carrier, which he still holds. At the age of twenty-two years he was elected selectman and served six years. In 1909 he was elected a member of the school board, serving as chairman, being reelected in 1912. From 1902 to 1906 he was chairman of the Republican town committee. He is a member of South Seabrook Congregational Church and has been dele- gate to state and county conventions. Mr. Owens was married in No- vember, 1899, to Miss Anna M. Dow, daughter of Alva and Mary S. Dow. They have three children: Harold, born april 19, 1901; Ger- trude C., born May 2, 1903, and Madeline I., born October 27, 1907. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.